Wicked Witch Software

Wicked Witch Software is a video games developer founded in 2001[2] by managing director Daniel Visser. Originally operating out of Visser's residence working on Game Boy titles, Wicked Witch moved to a small office. Wicked Witch has grown to be one of Australia's best known studios and is currently located in offices in Eastern Melbourne, Australia.[3] The company has worked with many local and international developers and publishers. The senior staff are industry veterans, some who previously worked at Melbourne House and Torus Games.[1] Wicked Witch has released around 50 titles for PC, handheld and mobile platforms and worked on dozens of other projects across most major consoles including Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and Wii. Wicked Witch also owns a range of original products and game designs for many platforms, including one of the first MMORPG on the Java ME mobile platform.

Wicked Witch Software
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded2001
FoundersDaniel Visser
HeadquartersMelbourne, Australia
Key people
Managing Director
Daniel Visser
Lead Artist
Shannon Trottman
Programming Lead
Shayne Ford
Chief Financial Officer
Colin Visser[1]
Websitehttp://www.wicked-witch.com.au/

Recently, Wicked Witch has been developing 3D titles for PC, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo Wii, iOS, Android, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, LG Smart TV and more. After the release of their port of the Space Chimps game for PC Wicked Witch released their first 2 Nintendo DS titles. NRL's Mascot Mania and AFL's Mascot Manor are action adventure games based on the Mascots of each sports league, aimed at younger fans of the sports. After the Mascot titles, Wicked Witch developed and released, in partnership with Sony, AFL Challenge and Rugby League Challenge for PlayStation Portable.[4]

One of Wicked Witch’s most successful titles for iOS and Android is Catapult King which was released in June 2012 in partnership with Chillingo and has had over 20 million downloads. An update for the game is waiting to be released within the coming months.

In 2014, Wicked Witch in a joint venture with Mattel developed and released Whac-a-Mole based on the classic arcade hit. In Recently Wicked Witch released AFL Live 2 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and rugby titles Rugby League Live 2 Gold NRL and Jonah Lomu Rugby Gold Rugby Union for iOS and Android.

Currently Wicked Witch Software have increased their staff in order to take on a number of new projects.

Wicked Witch is a licensed developer for Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, iOS, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii, and is on the board of the Game Developer's Association of Australia.

AFL Evolution was released in May 2017 to generally mixed reviews.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is being co-developed by Wicked Witch in addition to Forgotten Empires and Tantalus Media.[5]

Games

PlayStation 4

Xbox One

PlayStation 3

Xbox 360

Nintendo Wii

PlayStation Portable

Nintendo DS

Microsoft Windows

Game Boy Color

Mobile Phone

List of Mobile phone games they have developed
Year Game Title(s)
2002
  • Gothic Graveyard
2003
  • Tank Assault
  • Mobile Rally
  • Melody Mars: DJ Battles
  • WarMonster
  • Ryan Giggs Soccer
  • Jumbuck Hockey
  • MTV: The Gimps
  • Qibla
2004
  • Alien vs. Predator
  • Sachin Tendulkar's Duck the Bouncer
  • Sachin Tendulkar's Tap-O-Thon
  • Sachin Tendulkar's Fielding Challenge
  • Dolphins Swimming
  • Log Rollin'
  • Compass
  • Sim Town Online
  • Wicked Hockey
  • Wicked Football
  • Wicked Footy
  • Space Marines
  • Chuckie Egg
  • Ikari Warriors
  • Face Messenger
  • Simply English
2005
  • War Monster: Online
  • Allied Assault
  • Mobile Rally 2
  • Space Marines 2
  • Bomb Jack
  • Paperboy
  • Commonwealth Games: Hurdles
  • Commonwealth Games: Hockey
  • Commonwealth Games: Swimming
  • Commonwealth Games: Cycling
  • Bejeweled
2006
  • AFL Arcade
  • AFL GoalKick
  • AFL Handball
  • NRL Arcade
  • NRL Field Goal
  • NRL SuperPass
  • Wicked Racing
  • Cricket Trivia
  • Ultimate Fielder
  • Super Batsman
  • Extreme Ball Control
2007
  • Office Chair Deathrace
  • IBM World Tennis
  • Alter Casus
  • Connect
  • Tellurian
  • Turbo Tennis
  • Karma of Monster
2009
  • World Cup 2010
2011
  • AFL: Gold Edition
  • Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge: Mini Games
2012
  • Catapult King (2012 with updates in ‘12 & ‘14)
  • AFL: Mini Games
  • AFL: Quick Match
  • Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge: Quick Match
  • Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge: Gold Edition
2013 * Rugby League Live 2: Mini Games
  • Rugby League Live 2: Quick Match
  • Rugby League Live 2: Gold Edition
2014
  • Whac-a-Mole
2015
  • Warhammer: Snotling Fling
  • Jet Run: City Defender
2016
  • Shane Warne: King of Spin
  • Puzzle Wiz

References
  1. PlayStation Australia February 2010. Sony. 2009. p. 96.
  2. "Official Wicked Witch site". Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  3. "Oz Developer Watch: Wicked Witch Software". Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. "Big Footy Forums". Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  5. Wright, Steve (19 June 2019). "Aussie devs Wicked Witch, Tantalus working on Age of Empires 2". Stevivor. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  6. Official AFL Wii Facebook page
  7. "EB Games product page AFL". Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  8. "EB Games product page NRL". Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  9. "IGN announces AFL & NRL challenge". Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  10. "Official Mascot Manor site". Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  11. "Official Mascot Mania site". Retrieved 3 March 2011.
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